Clippity-Clop

Clippity-Clop
AuthorPamela Allen
IllustratorPamela Allen
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published1994
PublisherPuffin Books Australia
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesunpaginated (30)
ISBN978-0140553321
OCLC773296005

Clippity-Clop is a 1994 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen. It is about a little old man and a woman, and their two donkeys, laden down with goods, that won't move.

Plot

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The protagonists, a little old man and a lady load goods, a parrot, that squawks throughout the story, and a cat, that miaows throughout the story, onto two donkeys. They then attempt to move the donkeys without success. The man ignores the lady's warning and, resorts to using a whip to move his donkey. The donkey doesn't like this, and runs away.[1] The man chases after the donkey,[2] eventually catches it, and entices the donkey to follow him with carrots.[3] The donkey eats so many carrots that the man has to carry it.[4] Meanwhile, the lady, who was left behind, reappears riding her donkey, having tied a carrot to her whip to encourage the donkey to move. She overtakes the man with her donkey happily chasing the carrot, and the cat is also pleased.[5]

Reception

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Clippity-Clop has been reviewed by Reading Time and Magpies.[6] "Like other books by this award-winning author, the sound effects are wonderful."[7] It has been taught/read at school.[8][9]

The Canberra Times listed it amongst its "Best of '94" children's books.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Clippity-Clop. pp. 11, 12, 13.
  2. ^ Clippity-Clop. pp. 14, 15.
  3. ^ Clippity-Clop. pp. 18, 19.
  4. ^ Clippity-Clop. pp. 24, 25.
  5. ^ Clippity-Clop. pp. 28–30.
  6. ^ "Clippity-Clop (subscription required)". www.austlit.edu.au. AustLit. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ Gloria Rolton (2002). Read to Me: A Practical Guide to Sharing Books with Your Child in the Vital Preschool Years. Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd. p. 89.
  8. ^ "K2HV Literacy Links". www.weebly.com. ISS International Elementary School. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  9. ^ Christine Topfer (2007). Discovering letters and sounds. Early Childhood Australia Inc. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-921162-11-4.
  10. ^ Stephen Matthews (10 December 1994). "BOOKS Best of '94:Critics' Choice - Children's Literature". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 30 April 2022 – via Trove.
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